Comment 0 for bug 1998233

Somewhere between revision 582 and 592, an autostart file was added for snap-store at ~/snap/snap-store/current/.config/autostart/ubuntu-software-service.desktop

Unfortunately, since that change was made, if there's a pending update for snap-store, users will receive an annoying popup notification at least once a day for up to two weeks!:

> Pending update of "snap-store" snap
>
> Close the app to avoid disruptions (NN days left)

This is affecting (at least) hundreds of users based on https://askubuntu.com/questions/1412575/pending-update-of-snap-store

The workaround (per that link) appears to involve opening the terminal, manually stopping the snap-store application, and manually updating it.

This seems like a non-optimal user experience, particularly for non-technical users.

Is there a better way that this could be done?

I do see that the autostart file has this line, but it doesn't appear to be working; on a couple different computers I've tested, snap-store opens immediately:

X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=60

Perhaps that's the root cause of this bug; if the snap-store launch could be delayed long enough for the application to be automatically updated, users would never see the popup. But admittedly I have very little understanding of the inner workings of snap.

Thanks!